https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/06/04/church-scraps-annulment-fees/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/06/04/church-scraps-annulment-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 02:00:17 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=10841#comment-6499 If Henry VIII were ruling today, he’d have been happy, and the Church of England would never have arisen.

]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/06/04/church-scraps-annulment-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-6488 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 04:07:03 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=10841#comment-6488 That should have been “contributed”.

]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/06/04/church-scraps-annulment-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-6487 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 03:20:39 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=10841#comment-6487 One hardly thought that “Catholic divorce” needed facilitating.
If the bishops intentions are purely pastoral, they might have given well-overdue thought to the pastoral effect of the “annulment on request” which has raged for decades, and has attributed significantly to the Church’s loss of credibility in the areas of marriage and family.

]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/06/04/church-scraps-annulment-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-6486 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 03:07:53 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=10841#comment-6486 The bishops are demonstrating their preferential option for the poor.

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